Shaykh Badi'-ud-Din ibn Ihsanullah ibn Rashidullah Shah
ar-Rashidi as-Sindhi was born in 1925 CE (1342 H) in Hydrabaad District of
Pakistan. He memorised the Qur’an in three months and he memorised the
whole of Soorah Noor on a camel Journey.

Due to the oppression by the people he was forced to
move to a village called New Sa’eedabaad. Here the Shaykh established Madrasah
al-Muhammadiyyah, and began to teach Sahih al-Bukhari and Tafsir
Ibn Kathir. During his life he destroyed a number of graves and had
numerous discussions with the people of innovation. Once he was invited to a
village to deliver some lectures. The Shaykh, as usual, would deliver his
lecture on Tawheed and adherence to the Sunnah and refutation of the evidences
of the people who are engaged in shirk. The Shaykh, due to his oracy granted by
Allah, convinced and influenced many people; some of whom were from adjoining
villages.

There was another village in which a man claimed visions
of a famous saint, so he made a false grave and started worshipping it.
Eventually a weekly gathering was established. As news of the grave spread,
people from far and wide would come for worship and offerings. So one day the
Shaykh went and advised the person but he would not listen, so the shaykh
recited the verse: “And look at your ilah (deity), to which you have been
devoted. We will certainly burn it, and scatter its particles in the sea.
Your ilah (God) is only Allah, the One, there is no deity worthy of worship but He. He
has full knowledge of all things.” (Quran - 20:97-98)

So the shaykh, himself, and his companions demolished
the grave to the ground. So the people of innovation lodged a complaint with the
government, but their case did not succeed as the grave worshippers could not
prove the existence of a real grave at that place. And many similar incidences
of this nature occured with the shaykh during his life.

Then, upon the request of Dar al-Hadith Makkah he taught there for one year.
Then upon the request of Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Humaid Raaes, he taught in the
Haram for a number of years. During his stay there he was asked on numerous
occasions to deliver lectures and sermons against the people of innovation, who
were spreading their innovations in Makkah. One such incident was during the
days of Muharram. The Shi’ites from Iran, Pakistan and India would set up stalls
in the names of their Imams. The Shaykh delivered extensive lectures for two
full days in refutation of them after which a single stall was not set up.
The Shaykh also delivered lectures in the Prophet's
Mosque which were full of the radiant light of the Qur’an and the Sunnah on
issues of Tawhid, Sunnah, Shirk, Innovations, Customs
and Practices. However this hurt some of the people of desires who complained to
the government that he (Badi-ud-Din) was misguiding the people and hence he
should be prohibited from delivering lectures. So the government sent some
representatives to listen to the lectures of the shaykh. When they returned they
said to those people of desires,
“Whatever he says is with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, so we cannot
restrict him." In the same year the Shaykh would deliver lectures after
the Asr prayer, on the loudspeaker, in the Prophet's Mosque. Then he moved to
Makkah and resided there. As usual he would deliver lessons on Sunan Abu Dawud,
Usul al-Hadith and Asma ar-Rijal after Fajr everyday in Masjid al-Haram. And
after the Maghrib prayer he would teach Sahih al-Bukhari and Tafsir Ibn Kathir.

His works number over two hundred and fifty that were written in Arabic,
Urdu and Sindhi. He was a master in language and a prolific writer. He wrote a
book, in Arabic, called Wasul al-Alham Lasul al-Islam without a single
period.

During his life the Shaykh was invited to many countries to propagate the deen
of Islam. He travelled to the State of Aa’maan, UAE, Kuwait, England, the USA
and other countries. The great Imam departed in January 1996 (1416 H).